diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 00837c79b..55fe7ffad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ Changelog for FrostFS Node
 - `neo-go` to `v0.101.1`
 - `google.golang.org/grpc` to `v1.55.0`
 - `paulmach/orb` to `v0.9.2`
-- `go.etcd.io/bbolt` to `v1.3.7`
 - `github.com/nats-io/nats.go` to `v1.25.0`
 - `golang.org/x/sync` to `v0.2.0`
 - `golang.org/x/term` to `v0.8.0`
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 46639d49c..71d1abd4d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.16.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.7
+	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.6
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.16.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.16.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 58f1fb217..587377173 100644
Binary files a/go.sum and b/go.sum differ
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/iterators.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/iterators.go
index a1e21ef25..0c31c056a 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/iterators.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/iterators.go
@@ -94,8 +94,12 @@ func (db *DB) iterateExpired(tx *bbolt.Tx, epoch uint64, h ExpiredObjectHandler)
 			return fmt.Errorf("could not parse container ID of expired bucket: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		return b.ForEachBucket(func(expKey []byte) error {
+		return b.ForEach(func(expKey, _ []byte) error {
 			bktExpired := b.Bucket(expKey)
+			if bktExpired == nil {
+				return nil
+			}
+
 			expiresAfter, err := strconv.ParseUint(string(expKey), 10, 64)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("could not parse expiration epoch: %w", err)
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/select.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/select.go
index 8b086a89f..08a807481 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/select.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/select.go
@@ -326,8 +326,12 @@ func selectOutsideFKBT(
 
 	bktExcl := tx.Bucket(name)
 	if bktExcl != nil {
-		_ = bktExcl.ForEachBucket(func(k []byte) error {
+		_ = bktExcl.ForEach(func(k, _ []byte) error {
 			exclBktLeaf := bktExcl.Bucket(k)
+			if exclBktLeaf == nil {
+				return nil
+			}
+
 			return exclBktLeaf.ForEach(func(k, _ []byte) error {
 				mExcl[string(k)] = struct{}{}